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Environment also important for comman man: Vijayvargiya

Source: The Pioneer, New Delhi, Date: April , 2010

Environment is an important
aspect not only for the environmentalists but also for the common man,
said
Kailash Vijayvargiya, Science and Technology Minister. He was speaking
during
the inaugural session of two-day seminar organised in the Jehan Numa
Palace,
under the joint aegis of International Institute of Waste Management
(IIWM),
Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, and GTZ, Germany.
Vijayvargiya was
the chief-guest of the inaugural session of seminar on the topic
Blazing Waste
Technologies and Elucidations. He said that to preserve the environment
is the
responsibility of every member of the society. He further said that
with the
initiatives of the State Government has to its credit an International
Institute for Waste Management, the first of its kind in the
country.Jurgen
Porst, Senior Advisor, GTZ-HAWA, Germany, in his keynote address talked
about
the recycling of the waste. Based on his experience of working with
Government
of Karnataka, since 2004 and drawing from his vast experience in the
field of
waste management, Porst presented a comparative study between different
countries on waste management. He said, “Thermal treatment of a waste
is a
costly thing but it is a cost to protect the environment.” NP Shukla,
Chairman,
Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, said that incinerated energy
could be
utilised gainfully. He also said that waste management, including
hazardous
waste, is a prime need, and should interest researchers and the
scientists. He
observed: waste management is not effective in the developing countries
like
India and China and hoped that corporates and industries would come
forward and
take initiatives for the proper management of waste.Guru Datt, Zonal
Officer,
CPCB, Bhopal, proposed the vote of thanks at the end of inaugural
session. “We
are happy to see that our idea of an institute for waste management has
taken
up concrete shape and we are thankful to the MP Government”, said YP
Anand,
Chairman, IIWM during his presidential address.